Associate General Counsel, Partner - Joint Ventures: Strategic Transactions & M&A

As Associate General Counsel for Joint Ventures, Strategic Transactions & M&A at Hut 8, you will be the lead legal partner for the company's most significant partnership and financing initiatives. You will lead the legal structuring, negotiation, and execution of joint ventures, strategic partnerships, minority investments, and sophisticated financing transactions, including project financings, structured debt arrangements, and acquisition financings. You will also support M&A activity and other strategic transactions as they arise, working closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams across an infrastructure platform operating at the intersection of energy, AI infrastructure, and digital assets.

What you'll do

• Lead legal structuring, negotiation, and execution of joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and minority investments, including formation documents, JV and LLC agreements, governance frameworks, and related commercial arrangements
• Lead legal support for financing transactions, including project financings, structured debt arrangements, acquisition financings, and credit facilities, including term sheets, loan documentation, covenant and diligence matters, intercreditor arrangements, and closings
• Advise on the ongoing governance and administration of existing joint ventures and financing arrangements, including amendments, waivers, capital calls, compliance matters, and partner or lender relations
• Support mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions, including structuring, diligence, negotiation, and documentation
• Partner with Finance, Treasury, Tax, Development, Investor Relations, and other business teams to support capital formation and strategic initiatives and ensure seamless transaction execution
• Draft and negotiate complex transaction agreements, including JV and partnership agreements, investment agreements, loan and security documents, and ancillary agreements, in support of the company's strategic objectives
• Manage outside counsel and specialized advisors to deliver high-quality, cost-effective legal support on sophisticated matters
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Chief Legal Officer and senior leadership on partnership strategy, capital structure, risk assessment, and execution considerations

What you bring

• Significant experience structuring, negotiating, and executing joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and minority investments, including economic and governance terms such as capital contributions and funding obligations, distribution waterfalls, governance and control rights, transfer restrictions, exit mechanics, and deadlock resolution
• Leadership or senior-level experience on sophisticated financing transactions, including project financings, structured debt arrangements, acquisition financings, credit facilities, or other capital markets and infrastructure-related transactions, with fluency in covenant packages, intercreditor issues, and collateral structures
• Experience advising on post-formation governance, partner disputes, amendments, capital calls, and restructurings of existing ventures
• Supporting experience on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other corporate transactions, with the ability to lead or support M&A workstreams as needed
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex commercial, regulatory, and structural issues and develop practical, business-oriented solutions
• Ability to work effectively across legal, finance, tax, treasury, development, and executive teams and coordinate multiple stakeholders under demanding timelines
• Comfort operating independently, managing multiple high-priority matters simultaneously, and exercising sound judgment in dynamic environments

This role is based in office at the company's corporate headquarters in the Brickell area of Miami, Florida.